I'm in Uruguay! Crazy, I know. But great! I got here Thursday afternoon but I've been busy. The last few days here have been pretty cool!!! There are 7 of us studying abroad (so about 20 less than last semester), but it means that we're going to get really close. Last semester I got close to people but I didn't get to know everyone really well. I will this semester. We've been hanging out all together quite a lot these last few days. We've had orientation and have all been together during that as well as touring the city a bit, eating together, and going to the beach together. I think it's a great group of people and I'm excited to spend my semester with these people.
So here is a recap of the last few days. Wednesday afternoon we drove to Dallas and got on a plan to Santiago that night. We got to Santiago the next morning and then had a layover and took another plane to Montevideo. We arrived and our program directors greeted us at the airport, and got a bus to take us around the city a bit and then to our Casa. We got into our rooms, took showers, and then went out to eat at Mercado de la Abundancia. We also saw some of the stuff for sale. We ate at about 8 and that is early for Uruguayans. We're trying to get use to eating on Uruguayan time which is hard when in the States I usually eat around 5 or 6. Here we eat around 9 which is still pretty early. Ten to Midnight is more typical but that's bedtime for me.
Any who...the next day we got up and had breakfast and went on a scavenger hunt around so we could find stuff and see where things are. We went around Tres Cruces (the bus stop), and 18 de Julio which is a nearby street. Later we had orientation and went to get groceries and all had dinner together and it was South African style curry and it was really good. Apparently you put bananas and pineapples and stuff in it which i thought was weird at first but it was really good. I very much enjoyed it.
Earlier today we went to Ciudad Vieja, and Punta Carretas (a mall) and they showed us around there. We saw some cool buildings, the ashes of José Artigas, who is the national hero of Uruguay, the Teatro Solis, and stuff like that. We also went to a couple Ferias. After that we went out to eat and then went to a beach! We went to Pocitos and I thought since it was a Saturday that it would be crowded because earlier when we passed by Pocitos it was, but it was nice. The weather was good and there weren't many people so we laid in the sand and then played in the water. Later we went back to Casa, cleaned up, and went to go get food for dinner. And then later we cooked and ate together. It was great!
Like I said earlier, there are only 7 of us, which is crazy but I really like it. We can all go out somewhere and don't overwhelm any restaurants (well at least not too badly). I'm really excited to get to know everyone better and I feel like we are already getting closer and getting to know each other and we're getting closer.
Tomorrow we have church with the congregation next door and a few things but Monday we start classes. I'm kinda ready to get on a schedule but at the same time today we were at the beach talking about how nice it was go not have homework so we could stay at the beach for ages and it wouldn't be a problem because we didn't have any thing to get back to. But classes I guess are important for study abroad...haha! Well I'm excited! This semester is going to be great and I can't wait to see what all I get to experience and how I'll grow.
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